What Are the Essential Characteristics of Cloud Computing

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Essay

What are the essential characteristics of cloud computing?

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Definitions:

Implicit Costs

The opportunity costs of using resources owned by the firm for its own use rather than selling those resources.

Explicit Costs

Direct, out-of-pocket payments for resources employed by firms for production, such as wages or rent.

Accounting Profit

The net income a company reports on the financial statements, calculated by subtracting total expenses from total revenues.

Economic Profit

The variance between what a business earns in total and what it spends, counting both actual expenses and notional costs.